Sociodemographic differentials in adult mortality: a review of analytic approaches

Population and Development Review

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 553-578

  Hummer, Robert A ^a,b   Rogers, Richard G ^b   Eberstein, Isaac W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; SOCIAL INDICATOR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032421753     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2808154     Document Type: Article

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